My professor had one and I never understood the point. Then it broke, I took it home and fixed it (he bought a new one and gave it to me) and boy it changed my life, I'm team electric kettle for life
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Can you explain why its better than those electric hot water making thingys?
Kettle owner here. They're extremely efficient at heating water, often boiling a full load in under 8 minutes. Some models can be set to heat water at specific temperatures as well, making them a necessity for brewing different kinds of tea at their optimal conditions. Green tea for instance works best around 180F while black tea at 212F.
boiling a full load in under 8 minutes
Chuckles in 240V
8 minutes
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It is a electric hot water making thingy. I am the confuse
Not sure if the boiling water weakens the glass's integrity or not, but I've broken two of these glass ones. Plastic is outright. Have had a full-metal interior electric kettle since it got cold this season and it's fantastic.
Edit: The gooseneck ones as in OP's post are overpriced imho.
I much prefer this kind of kettle, because I can see the damn water instead of having to peek at a small crack of transparent plastic. Plus glass kettles are quieter, metal ones really liven up the whole apartment with the noise.
Kettle pros know how much is in there by how heavy it feels.
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Yes that is a kettle an electric hot water Tingo
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Heh, pretty much every kitchen in the UK - in homes and in offices - has a kettle that can boil a litre of water in 3-4 minutes. You can buy them in the supermarket for around £20.
And then there's this beauty my wife treated me to a while back... https://www.sageappliances.com/en-gb/product/bke825?sku=SKE825BSS3GUK1
Electric Kettles are not ubiquitous here in the US the same way they are in the UK, but every Walmart, Target, or similar store in America has at least one electric kettle available for purchase on the shelf right now. They're not rare here.
Half of those are like 800W and take forever to heat. The other half are at least 1500W so they only take three-ever, but that's still way too long for me when I'm grumpy in the morning.
Anyway, long story short I have a 3000W kettle attached to a NEMA 6-20R in my kitchen.
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Totally replaced by having an induction stove. Regular kettle boils in like 2 minutes, never really use the electric kettle anymore.
2 minutes on the induction stove? So like... Still slightly slower than the kettle?
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I have few luxuries in my life, but one of them is a Grundig 3000 watt electric kettle (Grundig Red Sense WK 6330 to be precise).
You savages have to wait for hot water? Why not join all of East Asia in the future and get yourself one of these? Four liters of perfectly temped hot water anytime you want..... I honestly don't know how people who drink a lot of hot beverages live without them.
Sounds like it uses electricity all day and night long instead of just while bringing the water to a boil.
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